Apply for a U.S. Visa

Please note that the date for MRV fee increase has been changed to June 17, 2023. Services for making new visa fee payments will be suspended on June 16, 2023. Do not attempt to make a visa fee payment on June 16, 2023. The services will become available for visa fee payments on June 17, 2023. Additionally, there could be a delay in updating visa fee information mentioned on this site. Please refer to the official notice, “Nonimmigrant Visa Fee Increases”, on this site for additional details.

The U.S. Department of State has increased certain nonimmigrant visa (NIV) application processing fees. These fee increases are effective on June 17, 2023.

• The application fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2s), and other non-petition based NIVs, such as student and exchange visitor visas, has increased from $160 to $185.  
• The application fee for certain petition-based nonimmigrant visas for temporary workers (H, L, O, P, Q, and R categories) has increased from $190 to $205.  
• The application fee for a treaty trader, treaty investor, and treaty applicant in a specialty occupation (E category) has increased from $205 to $315.  

IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants appearing at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia for an interview or other consular service must not be COVID positive or have other illness symptoms.

While the Embassy tries to process cases as soon as practicable, wait times have increased for open appointments and completing services due to substantial backlogs created by the global pandemic. We thank you for your understanding.

Immigrant Visa Services: U.S. Embassy Tbilisi’s immigrant visa unit is now conducting a limited number of immediate relative spouse and child immigrant visa, K visa, family preference immigrant visa, employment-based immigrant visa, returning resident SB-1, and diversity visa interviews. Applicants will receive instructions regarding the scheduling of appointments when their cases are ready for interview. If you have an urgent immigrant visa matter, please contact us to request an emergency appointment, providing your full name and date of birth, case number if known, and justification for an emergency appointment.

Nonimmigrant Visa Services: Embassy Tbilisi’s nonimmigrant visa unit is currently providing emergency appointments for limited circumstances, limited routine appointments for C1/D visas, and a limited number of routine appointments in the following nonimmigrant visa categories: E, F, H, J, L, M, O, P, Q, I and R. As of August 1, 2022, a very limited number of routine B1, B2, and B1/B2 appointments have resumed. B visa applicants whose appointments were cancelled prior to August 1 may re-schedule their interviews for any available date up to 10 times in this system. If you have an urgent nonimmigrant visa matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided here to request an emergency appointment. The MRV fee is valid and may be used to schedule a nonimmigrant visa interview appointment in the country where it was purchased until September 30, 2023.

All nonimmigrant visa application fee (also known as the MRV fee) payments made on or after October 1, 2022, are valid for 365 days from the date a receipt is issued for payment of the MRV fee. Applicants must schedule an interview appointment or submit an interview waiver application during this 365-day period. Please note applicants must only schedule their interview or submit their waiver application within the 365-day period. There is no requirement the interview must occur during the 365-day period. All receipts for payment of MRV fees issued before October 1, 2022, were extended until September 30, 2023, and remain valid until this date.